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September 29
All six seasons OUT on VHS, and season 1-5 on DVD. European versions.
Versions for other parts of the world. Ask your local dealer.
www.friendscybercafe.com
now we have an even easier URL.
Start.at/friends will still work though.
Jennifer Aniston Pregnant ?
According to the latest rumours Jenn is pregnant.
Information about script writers working double shifts, so they
can produce two versions of episodes. One version with a pregnant
Rachel, and another where she's not pregnant.
It's not yet confirmed either way. But I guess
it'll come out in the near future.
Jenn and Brad had no chance keeping their Wedding a secret,
and this isn't gonna be easier.
March 17
New VHS Releases - March 10. Episode 601-612 is now available in PAL system.
Also available in Sweden with Swedish subtitles.
New Scripts til 618.
December 9
Friends Again Soundtrack is out now containing many big hits from the series.
This is
the complete list:
Track 01: Every word means no (Smash Mouth)
Track 02: Delicous (Semisonic)
Track 03: Trouble Boys (Loreta)
Track 04: I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing (Robbie Williams)
Track 05: Summer (Lisa Loeb)
Track 06: What Reason (Deckard)
Track 07: Beats the hell out of me (Deckard)
Track 08: Question Everything (8steps7)
Track 09: Smelly Cat (Lisa Kudrow/Chrissie Hynde & Pretenders)
Track 10: View from the other side (Duncan Sheik)
Track 11: Angel & the jerk (Billie Joe Armstrong & Penelope Houston)
Track 12: Friends 'til the end (El-thor)
July 3
As of June 12 Courteney Cox is a married woman. I guess it doesn't come as a surprise that
she married David Arquette. She was wearing a $60.000 Valentino silk gown, and the
ceremony were held in a 100 yr old San Francisco Cathedral. 250 guests, including the entire
Friends cast was there.
Matthew Perry Quiting Friends ?
There has been rumours about this, but according to WB we have nothing to worry about.
He's currently creating/producing a new pilot called 'The Shrink' for ABC. Of course we
wish him good luck - as long as he sticks around in our favourite show.
March 14
Friends Video Release!
The first half of the 5:th season is now available on VHS (Pal only) in the UK. Make sure to buy them!
Jennifer Aniston vs. Brad Pitt Part 237!
It's now confirmed that Jen is indeed going out with Brad Pitt. They were together at Jen's recent 30th birthday party with guests such as Shaquille O'Neal and of course the cast of Friends. There is an interview with Jen in New Woman magazine (England, possibly other countries as well). New Woman Online . She said that what she wants in a man is "kindness, chivalry and a good sense of humour" so Brad really must have it all. Her view on the cult dedicated to her- the Holy Tabernacle of Aniston the Divine- is "I am not a God", but if she was she'd be a nice one!
Lisa's Oscar
Lisa failed to be nominated for an oscar for her film The Opposite of Sex even though there were many rumours saying that she would be. She even won the New York Critics award but still no oscar. However last year Lisa won Friends Central's very own oscar for best actress. Voting will begin next month so we'll see who wins.
Punky Brewster
Warner Bros. have said that Soliel Moon Frye (she was in a US 80's show called Punky Brewster) may to play Joey's girlfriend in a forthcoming episode of Friends.
December 5
For some of you the Quizlet isn't enough, is it ?
From now on a new quiz about the show is presented on the
Quizletpage right Here every month!
Some News!!
Matt LeBlanc is engaged to his girlfriend Melissa McKnight who already has
2 kids from another marriage, he's said to be very happy about the kids.
Congrats Matt!
Almost Heroes came out December 1st. Entertainment Weekly gave the
film a big fat F, but what do moviecritics know??.
The Runner with Courtney Cox is currently filming in Salt Lake City.
Three To Tango with Matthew Perry has finshed filming...suppose to be
out sometime in the Spring of 1999.
And now for the GREAT NEWS !
The entire cast have signed til the year 2002, so there will
be atleast 2 more seasons.
December 2
This week Showing Episode 506 in Real Video
Here!
Warner Bros Sweden announces 50.000 sold copies of Friends VHS tapes
so far. In Sweden the 12 first episodes of the 4:th season will be released on
VHS in January.
November 28
I've updated the pages with a few new links, and
I'm currently working on a Quiz-section, with a
lot of questions and answers :) And uh! before I forget
A few days ago this page reached 6000 hits - thanks for
stopping by! A few Javascripts will be added along with a new
fresh-looking menu - the newspage will be updated soon.
22 November
If you live in Sweden like I do - you're pleased to know that new Episodes of Friends will
be shown every Monday at 8PM. I guess they'll start with episode 416. I don't know if
Kanal 5 will continue showing re-runs of the old ones..
I guees time WILL tell =)
On Wednesday (also in Sweden) Warner will release three new tapes to buy and collect of the series,
and this time it's tape 16,17,18 with the 12 last episodes of season three. According to
Rumours they will release another three tapes just before christmas with the 12 first episodes
of season four. Make sure to get them - all the older episodes are still available, but make sure to get them,
you'll never know when they're gone!
11 November
According to visitors at www.ultimatetv.com Friends
is the 42:th best show through all times. I think it's the best .. but well everyone can't
think the same as me...
Jennifer Aniston
Well the story about her and Brad Pitt will never end - they're
either about to get married - or split up depending on who you listen to...
Courteney Cox Pregnant ??
Hot on the heels of her engagement, there are rumours that Courteney is
pregnant. Australia's New Weekly reports that Cox has been telling her
Friends
co-stars that she's expecting a visit from the stork. However her Rep.
says that the rumours are "100 percent untrue," and they apear to be
founded on somone saying that her waistline was "expanding"! Bearing in
mind the fact that people have been saying shes getting thinner and is
anorexic, due to the Calista Flockhart scandal, I think we can safely say
that it's a rumour and nothing else.
However, according to Australia's news weekly, news of Cox's allegedly
expanding waistline came from the same Friends source who last year
spilled the beans about Lisa Kudrow's pregnancy. The insider claims that
Cox revealed her impending motherhood to Kudrow first before announcing
the news to her fellow Friends. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Friends Season 5 Episodes on the Net ?
According to rumours you can watch the latest Friends episodes on the net in Real Video.
if it's true or not.. well I haven't had the time to check it out - surf into
http://freeflight.cockpit.be/friendstv/
where it's supposed to be shown.
24 October
New Soundtrack -NOW in your store!
The Friends soundtrack part 2 is out in the stores - make sure to get it!
11 October
Courteney Cox
Courteny has gotten engaged to her long term boyfriend David Arquette, 26.
David gave her a £30,000 1920's diamond ring at a surprise party two weeks
ago in Florida. He gave her a £12,000 fireworks party on the beach when
she accepted. Even though she's seven years older than him, the couple are
said to be made for each other. Let's just hope that they're happy
together.
Matt LeBlanc
Matt LeBlanc has a long-lost Australian half-brother (by his dad). In an
interview with Australian magazine, Matt's half-brother explained that he
didn't want to see him because of his wealth or fame, he just would really
like to meet his brother. Even though he was unconcerned with meeting his
brother when Matt was a poor struggling actor with no fame.
He is also said to be getting engaged to his girlfriend Melissa McNight.
Jennifer Aniston
The rumour is that Jen and Brad will go public about their relationship
soon by announcing that they're engaged. They have been denying it,
although Brad did once say that the rumours were true.
She is also set to star and produce a film named Something Wicked where
she plays a tough executive.
Lisa Kudrow
Lisa also needs congratulating. She finally won the emmy for Best
Supporting Actress in a comedy series (Friends). She thanked the other 5
stars and the executive producers (Bright/Kauffman/Crane) in her speech.
So the FRIENDS wants more money!
Since Helen Hunt "Mad about you" and a portion
of the cast from "ER" are making $1 Million an episode that the
"Friends" cast are wanting a raise as well. (They are only making
$100,000 an episode.) Even "Fraiser" is making $400,000 an episode,
which makes it seems that NBC needs to consider the raise for the
"Friends" too. They are reportedly thinking of going on strike about it. I
haven't heard if there is any talk with the execs
about a raise. But in my opinion they definately deserve it as the show
is seen and loved all around the world.
A FRIENDS movie ??
Rumours have been flying around that there is going to be a Friends film
that will take off from the series 5 finale. Apparently it will be based
on the Ross and Rachel thing. All the cast is supposed to have signed onto
it except Jennifer Anniston who's holding out for more money because they
can't do it without her. I don't think this is true because series 6 will
follow on from series 5 not a film, and the cast have all said that after
s6 that's it because they don't want to drag it out too long so that it's
a load of rubbish.
There is another rumour that filming of the film has already happened
while the cast (minus Lisa) were in London. That means that the film would
come out around July time.
Of course there are counter rumours saying that the film isn't going to
happen, so I think we should believe that it won't happen.
U.S TV-Ratings
Friends is seen by 17,270,000 viewers.
compared to ER with 21,570,000 viewers
7 August
ITV Teletext ran a competition to find out people's favourite US Sitcom!
And goes who the winner was !!!
1st Friends (39%)
2nd Frasier (21%)
3rd Sgt. Bilko (14%)
4th 3rd rock from the sun (6%)
5th Cheers (5%)
Friends still cancelled in Germany
Sat1 in germany cancelled Friends earlier this year, and according to them
it's because not enough people watch it - well that's not very strange,
they didn't show it on primetime, but in 01.00 in the morning !
The germans are now trying to get sat1 to put it back on, and now earlier in the evening.
Let's hope they succeed !!
Matt LeBlanc kissing Transvestite
Matt LeBlanc kissed a transvestite in a club!! He is reported to be very embarassed
about it (no wonder)
Schwimmer to star in 'Apt Pupil'
He's now definately engaged to Mili Avital. Never mind!!
Schwimmer is joining the cast of the movie "Apt Pupil," a drama
starring Brad Renfro (The Client, The Cure) as a high school student who
discovers the identity of a Nazi war criminal. Schwimmer plays a guidance
counselor who is drawn into the pair's dangerous relationship. The Phoenix
Pictures film, adapted from a Stephen King novella, will be released early
next year by Sony Pictures.
Lisa Kudrow on the screen
Lisa Kudrow will star in Analyze This with Billy Crystal and Hanging Up
with Meg Ryan and Diane Keaton.
Corteney in Alien Love Triangle!
Kenneth Branagh, Courteney Cox, and Heather Graham are all set to star in
this film, based on a screenplay written John Hodge and Bill Forsyth, for
Dimension Films. The story will follow Branagh's character when he finds
out his wife (Cox) is actually a male from another planet. The movie will
be filmed as a three-segment anthology ala Pulp Fiction. The story will be
split into three parts, all of them dealing with the same characters,
although not necessarily in the same place or time. Bill Forsyth is set to
direct the first segment of the film, Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) will
direct the second, and all parties involved will collaborate on the third.
Shooting is expected to begin in April in London
Aniston on the BIG SCREEN
Jennifer Aniston is filming a movie called Office Space... from the
creator of Beavis and Butthead. Also ahead for Aniston is The Iron Giant
30 July
Birthday!
Yes! it's Lisa Kudrow's Birthday
4 July
Aniston Going to Hell ??
Jennifer Aniston may be going straight to hell. According to the Hollywood
Reporter, the Friends actress, currently appearing onscreen with Paul Rudd
in The Object of My Affection, is attached to star in and exec produce
20th Century Fox's Something Wicked, in which she'll play an executive
who'll stop at nothing to climb the corporate ladder. But things go awry
when the power hungry suit decides to blackmail her main competition and
her rival responds by pushing her in front of a bus. Faster than you can
say 'purgatory' Aniston talks her way out of the underworld and back to
earth, where she rejoins her
old company in a low-level job. As she begins to make her way back through
the corporate jungle, she realizes the errors of her old ways. No word on
a start date for the flick, which was penned by Anya Kochoff.
Lisa back to work
New mom Lisa Kudrow is getting back to business. The Hollywood trades
report that the Friends actress is set to star in Analyze This, which is
currently shooting in New York. The Harold Ramis-directed comedy stars
Billy Crystal as a psychiatrist helping a mobster, played by Robert De
Niro, work through his problems. Kudrow, who is currently appearing on
screen in The Opposite of Sex, will reportedly play Crystal's love
interest.
Courtney in Superman ??!
A wild rumour says that Courtney was
supposed to be shooting the movie, "Superman" with Nicolas Cage. She's
supposed to be playing Lois Lane! Who knows if it's true or not, but
wouldn't that be so cool?!!
Courteney Cox and David Arquette
As you probably know by now, Courteny and David have finally confirmed the
rumours that they are going out.
They were spotted recently at a mediaeval fair in LA, holding hands and
both looking weird. Why? Courteney had an incredibly goofy smile of
adoration on her face and enjoyed trying on lots of weird mediaeval hats.
David was just wearing modern clothes- if you could call them that. They
were awful. He had on a thinly striped black and white jumper and black
trousers with white blobs all over them. Trust me, they look a lot weirder
than they sound. Yuk!!
Courteney also demonstrated how completely untrue the rumours were of
her being anorexic as she stuffed loads of junkfood down her face.
Ang guys take heart- David says that Courteney's "not needy. And she
just loves sex...""..and she cooks too"!!!
Courtney 15th Beautiful woman !
Courteney has also been vote as the 15th most beautiful woman (again) in
celebsites poll http://www.celebsite.com
24 June
Phew! I decided to make a page with Links for other Friends-related sites
It was alot of job with it, and it's not finished yet, but it will be eventually.
On other sites there are 'just' links.. and you don't know which one to start with.
Well not anymore! All sites are rated, and ther are comments about their contents, and the design
23 June
I added the Top 25 Friends sites banner. Just click on it once to vote for this page!
I also made some more work on the FAQ's, so I hope it will be completed very soon !
But! the largest work was done to the Gallerysection, where I made 2 frames. One with thumbnails, and
another fram where the picture appear once you clicked on the thumbnail
15 June
Updated the Page with:
- 4 More Filmclips from the series
- A Picture of Lisa Kudrow & her baby boy Watch it here!
- I Joined the Friends Webring
And then I would like to make a little Congratulation to Courteney Cox, this is
her birthday (June 15)
8 June 1998
Since the original URL for this site is very difficult to remember I've
registered a new 'Virtual' Address: http://start.at/friends which
is alot easier to remember.
I also added a counter to the page, as you can see at the top of the page
Finally I've added all Phoebe's Songlyrics - not bad for the second day!
7 June 1998
Phew! Finally is the site about as finished as it had to be to put it
out on the Internet. And here it is. Please Mail any suggestions, or critics
to me rise@cyberdude.com
4 June 1998
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are apparently dating. The star of Seven Years in Tibet, who hasn't found a special someone since breaking up with Gwyneth Paltrow last year, is reportedly dating the Friends star, who recently ended her relationship with the voice of Hercules, Tate Donovan.
According to the Dallas Morning News, Pitt recently visited Aniston in Austin, Texas, where the actress is on location shooting the comedy Office Space, the directorial debut of Beavis and Butt-head creator Mike Judge. The paper says that the impossibly pretty pair was spied cozying up at the Four Seasons Hotel. "They looked pretty friendly," said a witness. "They looked very together. They were holding hands." Reps for Pitt and Aniston say the two are just, you guessed it, friends.
This story was originally from Central Perk
22 May 1998
Friends honored by British TV by Gerard McGovern in London, with some help from Reuters.
Friends has been awarded a top international award by the British TV industry
The award, given by BAFTA, was for the Best International Program and was presented on Monday, 18th of May.
17 May 1998
Lisa Kudrow has given birth to her first baby, a little baby boy.
And she has named him Julian Murray
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